An Atkins man died Sunday after he was struck by a vehicle while trying to cross the street, according to an Atkins Police Department report.

Walter Maurine Jenkins Sr., 82, was attempting to cross North Church Street in Atkins, just south of the street’s intersection with Northeast 2nd Street, at approximately 5:50 p.m. Sunday, according to the report, when a 2005 Chevrolet van struck Jenkins.

Jenkins was transported by Pope County EMS to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. He succumbed to his injuries shortly after being transported, according to police.

According to the report, Jenkins was walking eastbound across the street, crossing the southbound lane and into the path of the van. Jenkins crossed the at the intersection from the southwest corner to the southwest corner, across the street from a marked pedestrian crosswalk on the north side of the intersection.